Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-10

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The plans below show a college cafe before it was redesigned and how it looks now.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The plans below show a college cafe before it was redesigned and how it looks now.

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The plan show a college café before and after it was redesigned. We can see different aspects remaining the same and others very different.

In both plans, we can see that walls are the same but new doors are present in the café today, especially to go outside.

The mains changement is the outdoor seating with 5 new tables and 26 more chairs, but also the barbecue which is also outside.

In the inside area, tables and chairs are at the same place, but they add a salad bar in the west part of this room, against the wall. Inside of the main area, their is two small rooms, they were using in the past as two staff dining rooms, but they are now different. One became a take away food room and the other one, a coffee bar.

In the North West part of the café, we can find the kitchen. In the past they were serving all food and drink, but now they are using the main room for the salad bar and the two small room for take away food and coffee bar, so they use the kitchen only to serves hot meals.

A very important aspect is the bins, closed to the entrance of the main room, they add more bins to do recycling.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main transformation clearly: the addition of outdoor seating and a barbecue, the new salad bar, and the conversion of the former staff dining rooms into takeaway and coffee areas. You also accurately note that the kitchen, central seating, and toilets remain. This covers the key changes and includes relevant comparisons. To make the overview more complete, state the broad pattern of change directly—for example, that the redesign adds food-service options and expands the café outdoors. Some details are unclear or inaccurate: the plan shows four outdoor tables, not five, and the transcription does not provide chair totals. The explanation of how the kitchen is used is also more speculative than the plan supports. These limitations keep some features less fully reported, despite strong coverage overall.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a generally clear sequence, moving from an introduction and overall comparison to outdoor changes and then the interior. Paragraphing helps separate these points, and phrases such as “In both plans” and “In the inside area” guide the reader. However, progression is sometimes weakened by unclear references and mechanical linking. In “they were using in the past,” the reader must infer that “they” refers to the two rooms; “they” is similarly unclear in the kitchen paragraph. The final paragraph about bins feels added on rather than integrated into the description of changes. Grouping the interior changes together and using more precise references would make the organisation smoother and cohesion less noticeable.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for describing a plan, including “outdoor seating,” “salad bar,” “against the wall,” and “recycling.” These terms help communicate the main changes, and the meaning is generally clear. However, several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or informal, such as “mains changement,” “small room,” and “they add more bins to do recycling.” “Different aspects remaining the same and others very different” is also vague. Aim for more precise map-description language and consistent terms for areas and facilities. For example, describe the rooms as being “converted into” new facilities and say that recycling bins “replace the single bin.” This would improve precision without requiring more complex vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including contrasts with “but” and a relative clause in “the barbecue which is also outside.” The overall meaning is usually understandable, but some errors in agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence construction remain. Examples include “The plan show,” “there is two small rooms,” and “they use the kitchen only to serves hot meals.” Tense control is also inconsistent when describing the past and present, as in “they were using in the past” followed by “they are now different.” Practise forming accurate past-versus-present comparisons, such as “The rooms were used as staff dining rooms but have been converted into…” More reliable control of these patterns would make your range clearer and your sentences more accurate.

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